Fujitsu Xa1 User Manual

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First Steps
Inserting the Battery and a Memory Card
    Removing the Battery and Memory Card  Removing the Battery and Memory Card
Before removing the battery or memory card,  turn 
the camera off   and open the battery-chamber cover.
To remove the battery, press 
the battery latch to the side, 
and slide the battery out of 
the camera as shown.
Battery latch
To remove the memory card, 
press it in and release it slowly.  
The card can then be removed 
by hand.  When a memory card 
is removed, the...

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Inserting the Battery and a Memory Card
 
■  Compatible Memory Cards
FUJIFILM and SanDisk SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards have been approved for use in the cam-
era.  A complete list of approved memory cards is available at  http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_
cameras/compatibility/.  Operation is not guaranteed with other cards.  The camera can not be used 
with xD-Picture Cards or MultiMediaCard (MMC) devices.
  QQMemory CardsMemory Cards
•  Do not turn the camera off  or remove the memory card...

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First Steps
 Turning the Camera on and Off  Turning the Camera on and Off 
Rotate the ON/OFF switch to  ON to turn the camera on.  Select  OFF to turn 
the camera off  .
 
R Press the a button to start playback.  Press the shutter button halfway to 
return to shooting mode.
 
R The camera will turn off    automatically if no operations are performed for the 
length of time selected for  Z POWER MANAGEMENT > AUTO POWER OFF  (P 85).  To reactivate the camera 
after it has turned off   automatically,...

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 Basic Setup Basic  Setup
A language-selection dialog is displayed the fi rst time the camera is turned on.  Set up the camera 
as described below (you can reset the clock or change languages at any time using the F DATE/
TIME or Q  a options in the setup menu; for information on displaying the setup menu, see 
page 83).
 1  Choose a language.
START MENU
NOSET ENGLISH
FRANCAIS
DEUTSCH
Highlight a language and press MENU/OK.
 
R Press  DISP/BACK to skip the current step.  Any steps you skip will be...

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First Steps
 The  The DISP/BACKDISP/BACK Button Button
Press DISP/BACK to cycle through display modes as 
follows:
 
■ Shooting
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CUSTOM INFORMATION OFF
 
R INFORMATION 1 is available only when an option 
other than x  TRACKING is selected for F  FOCUS 
MODE in modes P, S, A, and M.
    Custom Display Custom Display
Choose items for display using the  v DISP. CUS-
TOM SETTING...

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The DISP/BACK Button
 
■  Playback
Indicators displayed Indicators hidden FavoritesPhoto information
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    Histograms Histograms
Histograms show the distribution of tones in the im-
age.    Brightness is shown by the horizontal axis, the 
number of pixels by the vertical axis....

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Basic Photography and Playback
Basic Photography and PlaybackBasic Photography and Playback
Taking PhotographsTaking Photographs
This section explains basic photography.
   1 Select S mode.
Rotate the mode dial to  S (ADVANCED SR 
AUTO). The following information will be dis-
played in the LCD monitor.
    Scene Icon Scene Icon
The camera automatically selects the appropriate 
scene.
    The  The oo Icon Icon
In  S  mode, the camera continuously adjusts fo-
cus and searches for faces, increasing the...

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Taking Photographs
    2  Ready the camera.Hold the camera steady 
with both hands and brace 
your elbows against your 
sides.  Shaking or unsteady 
hands can blur your shots.
To prevent pictures that 
are out of focus or too dark 
(underexposed), keep your 
fi ngers and other objects 
away from the lens, fl ash, 
and AF-assist illuminator.
    3  Frame the picture.
Use the zoom ring to frame 
the picture in the display.
Zoom ring
   4 Focus.Frame the picture with your sub-
ject in the center of the...

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Basic Photography and Playback
 Viewing Pictures Viewing  Pictures
Viewing Pictures Full FrameViewing Pictures Full Frame
Pictures can be viewed in the LCD monitor.  When 
taking important pictures, take a test shot and 
check the results.
To view pictures full frame, press a.
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Additional pictures can be viewed by 
pressing the selector left or right or ro-
tating the main command dial.  Press 
the selector or rotate the dial right to view pic-
tures...

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Viewing Pictures
 Playback Zoom Playback  Zoom
Rotate the sub-command dial to zoom in or out 
on pictures in full-frame playback.
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R To display multiple images, ro-
tate the sub-command dial left 
when a picture is displayed full 
frame.
Zoom indicator
When the picture is zoomed in, the selector can 
be used to view areas of the image not currently 
visible in the display.  To exit zoom, press  DISP/BACK, 
MENU/OK, or the center of the sub-command dial.
Navigation window shows...